Rudy Giulianis daughter Caroline was busted for shoplifting today at an Upper East Side beauty and skin care shop, police sources said.

The 20-year-old was arrested at a Sephora store near the E. 86th home she shares with her mother, Donna Hanover, the former television, the citys former First Lady before her bitter split from the tough-on-crime mayor.

Caroline, the youngest of the former mayors two children, was taken to Manhattans 19th Precinct for processing. She is a student at Harvard University.

Picking up something and not paying for it before exiting does happen by accident for a number of reasons. A shoplifting charge has to be looked at in detail to have any real confidence that it was on purpose or not. If it is clear it was on purpose then I have no sympathy for the thief.

And no, I’ve never been suspected (that I know of) or charged for shoplifting... I have nearly walked out of a store with something in hand that I didn’t pay for but fortunately caught myself before it was too late...

I met w/someone in a local store - both of us in a hurry - stopped a moment to chat - I proceeded to line, she started walking towards the door with stuff in her hand - and then heard a big yelp from her - she caught herself before walking out the door.

So I agree - was she walking out the door w/item in her hand or was it hidden?

I was shopping at a mall one afternoon, and I was talking to someone who was standing on one side of the entrance to the store and I was standing in the store. As we were talking I was not paying attention and stepped forward placing one foot through the store’s security system and set off the alarm, because I was holding merchandise in my hand. It was never my intention to steal anything. I stepped back through the threshold and said I was sorry.

The staff at the store had seen what had happened. They could tell I was not trying to leave the store, nor was I trying to steal. I just had a momentary lapse in concentration.

I went to the counter and paid for the item. And never thought much of it, again.

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posted on 08/04/2010 1:49:05 PM PDT
by Pan_Yans Wife
(Utopia is being foisted on Americans for their own good.-- J. Robert Smith)

More the opposite....Caroline allegedly stole makeup from Sephora's E. 86th Street and Lexington Avenue store around 2 p.m., sources said. Store managers insisted on pressing charges, and when officials discovered who the suspect was, several high-ranking officers were dispatched to the store, an unusual measure for a shoplifting charge.

On the internet there are lists of stores that prosecute for shop-lifting and Sephora is one of them. IOW's, it ain't Wal*Mart. From Zoklet.net in the loss Prevention section, here is an item of interest:

Sephora: Will Chase/Will issue civil demand and call police, may prosecute depending on circumstances, will issue a trespass order for 1 year/No plainclothes/No monthly quota on shoplifting aprehensions/Very well and actively-monitored cameras that are full colour, and can pan as well as zoom in/nothing has a security tag/

There is one dedicated employee who monitors all the cameras, and has radio contact with all (or just the LPs) staff members in the store/There are generally more than 2 LPs active in the store with the camera guy behind the scenes/LP is well trained and even regular staff has a degree of LP training.

Anyone would be a fool to try and shop lift at that store. Security is Casino tight :)

It happened to me once. I went to the local Pathmark for a few things and didn't take a cart. My husband put a bar of soap in his pocket when he couldn't hold anymore. We paid for all the other items. I noticed, what appeared to be, the store detective looking at us and couldn't figure out what was going on.

He stopped us as soon as we stepped out. This kid was really gun ho to call the cops but I said to him”Why would I shop lift one item, which was the least expensive item and pay for all the others?” With that reasoning he took the soap and let us go.

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posted on 08/04/2010 2:19:38 PM PDT
by CaptainK
(...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)

I, being a Sephora Shopper, want to know what items she stole. Their stuff isn’t cheap, but they always give you free samples, shopper rewards, and a Birthday Present from the store which is usually a nice collection of items. I love the Temptu line.

It’s easy to drop hundreds of bucks there in one trip. I’m glad Sephora has a no holds barred loss prevention program.

Nope....but there is a difference between Pharisees/moralist types who look down at people, always expecting perfection when there own personal/family life is probably not so great than to say somebody is wrong or is doing wrong

So he must be a bad father/ according to the moralist on FR or are they just Sarah bashers

Well, he's been married three times and cheated on the daughter's mother publicly... So, yeah. Giuliani is probably a bad father.

People who don't put their children first very often end up with children who act out in their own adulthoods.

Sometimes even the very best parent has a child who goes astray. When that happens, its tragic and I have nothing but sympathy for those parents.

Other times, the parent lets the child know in no uncertain terms that they aren't as important as their parents' career. They simply aren't there for the child, sometimes literally. That's tragic in a different way. I have no sympathy for those parents at all, and I don't care whether they have the magic "R" next to their names or not.

God gave us our children to care for and to love. They are not stage props to further political ambitions. To treat them as such is to mock God and laugh at His gifts.

If it makes me a "moralist" to think that people who have children should, you know, actually raise them, then that's okay with me.

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posted on 08/04/2010 2:52:14 PM PDT
by mountainbunny
(Mitt Romney: Just where does his lying mouth stop and his awesome hair begin?)

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